Identification Title(s) head of a Makara Object type sculpture Object number AK-MAK-87 Description Kop van een makara (draak)
Creation Artist anonymous Place China Dating c. 1600 - c. 1700 School / style Ming-dynasty (1368-1644)
Material and Technique Physical features limestone Material limestone Measurements height 30 cm × width 32 cm × depth 69 cm
Acquisition and rights Credit line On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Léon Wannieck, Paris, 1930) Acquisition loan 1972 Copyright Public domain Provenance …; from Léon Wannieck, Paris, frs. 7,500, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972 Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)
Documentation Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. p. 123, afb. B Asian art Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 59, cat.nr. 35 Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 89 Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, 1932 (dec.) p. 367, afb. 1
Persistent URL To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.938
